In Senegal, a local social innovation – the solidarity calabash – has been adapted to stimulate and support site-appropriate innovation in agroecology in an inclusive and sustainable way. The solidarity calabash is a voluntary savings systems managed by community members based on the principle of mutual support. Rural women are now using this as a …
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Immediately after attending the Tropentag 2022 conference in Prague, Czech Republic, three Prolinnova–Kenya (PK) partners travelled to Radebeul near Dresden, Germany, to join a weekend workshop of Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology. These were Rebecca Dero, farmer innovator from Kisimu County; Vincent Mariadho, PK coordinator, at World Neighbors, Nairobi; and Hussein Wario, Director of …
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Prolinnova network members from Benin and Kenya involved in NaviNut, a project under the Prolinnova umbrella, took part in the Tropentag 2022 (TT22) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 15–18 Sept 2022. The “Tropentag” (German for “Tropical Day”) is an annual international conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture and rural development. TT22 was …
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Two farmers in the Prolinnova network were panellists in the opening plenary session of the Tropentag 2022 (TT22) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 15–18 September 2022: Rebecca Dero, farmer innovator from Kenya, and Elisabeth Mpofu, member of the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG) in the seat for farmer organisations. They brought in their views as …
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An article on “Local food fair for joint learning on child nutrition“, reporting on work in the NaviNut project in northern Benin, was published in June 2022 in the Appropriate Technology magazine.
In March 2022, ACDEP in collaboration with NABOCADO and CEAL organised farmer innovation fairs (FIFs) in Bongo and Walewale Districts, respectively, in northern Ghana. The purpose was to provide innovators the opportunity to showcase and share their innovations in food security, animal health and environmental management to the general public, government authorities and other development …
Ms Elizabeth Mpofu (eliz.mpofu@gmail.com), a family farmer who practises agroecology, has accepted the seat for farmer organisations in the Prolinnova Oversight Group (POG). Elizabeth is founder and former chairperson of the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF), based in Harare, and founding member of the African Women Collaborative for Healthy Food Systems. She served as International General …
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In the June 2022 issue of the Appropriate Technology magazine, there are two articles written by people involved in the Prolinnova network and related projects: “Local food fair for joint learning on child nutrition”, about a fair organised together with pastoralist and agropastoralist women by the NaviNut (https://www.prolinnova.net/navinut_project) project team in Kenya “UNDP approves Prolinnova-Kenya’s funding proposal” …
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Prolinnova Afrique occidentale et centrale (AOC) a organisé une foire d’innovation paysanne à l’Hôtel de Ville de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, du 18 au 20 juillet 2022, avec une exposition d’innovations locales liées à la gestion de l’eau agricole au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso. Pour plus d’informations, consultez le poster. Le rapport sur la foire …
The Prolinnova subregional platform in West & Central Africa (WCA) has been active during 2021 primarily through the activities of the Country Platforms (CPs). Most activities were implemented under externally funded projects under the Prolinnova umbrella. The subregional platform welcomed one new CP – in Benin – where local organisations gathered and discussed to set …
